Identifier: glimpseofislesof00whee (find matches)
Title: A glimpse of the isles of the Pacific
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Wheeler, William Webb, 1845- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: (St. Joseph, Mo., Hardman press)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ery sparcely settled by whites,the most of these native negroes have drifted to thissection. The Government does not give them as muchconsideration as we have given our Indians; they give thema blanket each, every year, and a little food once a year,not enough to last them long; however, the weather iswarm, and they do not need much clothing, so they existwith very little assistance; their numbers are becoming lessevery year; they will not work. The most of this part of Australia is given up tograzing; there are many cattle on these ranges, and in thispart they are not so much troubled with drouth, as theyare further south. One cattleman who lives nearPalmerstown told me that they drive their cattle to Sydneyto market, and that they are just now starting the fatcattle to Sydney, as this is the cool part of the year andthey stand the drive better than in summer, as it is fifteenhundred miles by land to Sydney. The drive must be a bigundertaking; they ought to ship them on steamers. 109
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They have a great many wild buffaloes in this part ofthe country; these are not like our buffaloes, but likethe Egyptian and India buffalo cows, which they use inEgypt as milk cows, and work cattle, called water-buffalo;they are not native to this country, but have been broughthere. The kangaroo is a native wild animal to be found inall wild parts of the country. There are a great many inthis section—good, big fellows, as large as a six-foot man.Australia also has a very large bird, much the size andappearance of the ostrich; they call it the Emu. They haveno value, as their feathers are worthless; the Aborigines eattheir fiesh, but it is not considered fit to eat by whitepeople. The exports from this great continent are principallywool, frozen mutton, beef, wheat, gold, tin and copper.Their gold production last year was sixteen million poundssterling, making them the third largest gold producers inthe world, only Africa and the United States being aheadof them, and their gold produ

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